| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2008 | Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, MD | "Akt/mTOR in regulation of beta cell mass and growth" |
| August 28, 2008 | Dean Tantin Ph.D. | "The paralogous transcription factors Oct4 and Oct1 are signal integrators and regulators of metabolism and stemness" |
| September 4, 2008 | Chris Rhodes Ph.D. | "Balancing Proinsulin Biosynthesis and Insulin Secretion - Where Might Imbalance Lead?" |
| September 11, 2008 | Lei Yin Ph.D. | "The orphan nuclear receptor Rev-erb alpha: finds its home in circadian rhythm and metabolism" |
| September 18, 2008 | Carl Thummel Ph.D. | "Regulation of Lipid Homeostasis by the Drosophila DHR96 Nuclear Receptor" presented by: Matt Sieber |
| September 25, 2008 | Don McClain MD Ph.D. | "Regulation of Adiponectin by iron" presented by: Scott Gabrielsen |
| October 2, 2008 | NO MIG | NO MIG |
| October 9, 2008 | Timothy Graham MD (noon-1:00) | "Serum Retinol Binding Protein (RBP4) and Insulin Resistance: New Insight into Normal Physiology and Cellular Mechanism" |
| October 16, 2008 | Fall Break | NO MIG |
| October 23, 2008 | Jared Rutter Ph.D. | "Important roles for novel mitochondrial proteins" By: Huaixiang Hao & Jin-Mi Heo |
| October 28, 2008(Tuesday) | Domenico Accili MD | "Mechanisms of beta cell failure in diabetes" |
| October 30, 2008 | Donalyn Scheuner Ph.D. | "The Unfolded Protein Response: A Master Regulator of Beta Cell Function and Metabolism" |
| November 6, 2008 | Steven Kliewer Ph.D. | "Nuclear Receptors in Metabolism: From Feast to Famine" |
| November 13, 2008 | David Ferrick, PhD | "Measuring Cellular Bioenergetics in Real-time: A new window on metabolism" |
| November 20, 2008 | Journal Club-Yi Zhu & Qian Guo | "Amino Acids Activate mTOR Complex1 via Ca2+CaM signaling to hVPS34" (Zhu) |
| November 27, 2008 | Thanksgiving | NO MIG |
| December 4, 2008 | Valentina Perissi Ph.D. | "Dismissal of distinct corepressor complexes from regulated gene promoters is regulated by specific phosphorylation of the TBL1 and TBLR1 exchange factors" |
| December 11, 2008 | Abel Lab | "Enhanced Glucose Uptake alters Metabolic Function of the Diabetic Heart" (Wende) & "Increased Cardiac Fatty Acid Uptake Causes Contractile Dysfunction due to Impaired Mitochondrial Substrate Delivery" (Bugger) |
| December 18, 2008 | Perry Bickel, MD | "The PAT Family of Lipid Droplet Proteins: Bouncers at the Door to the Fat Club" |
| December 25, 2008 | Winter Break | NO MIG |
| January 1, 2009 | Winter Break | NO MIG |
| January 8, 2009 | Susan Mango Lab | "Dietary Restriction and pha-4/FoxA" (Karyn Scheaffer) & "PHA-4/FoxA is required for Starvation Survival" (Trisha Brock) |
| January 16, 2009 | Richard Bergman Ph.D. | "The Disposition Index: from the backwater to the mainstream" |
| January 22, 2009 | Yibin Wang Ph.D. | "Novel Protein Phosphatases in Stress-Signal Regulation ----- In Heart and Beyond" |
| January 29, 2009 | Anthea Letsou Ph.D. | "Metabolic Dysfunction in a Drosophila Model of Adrenoleukodystrophy" |
| February 5, 2009 | Dale Abel MD Ph.D. | Cancelled |
| February 12, 2009 | Nicolas Musi MD | "Role of TLR4 on insulin resistance and atherosclerosis in humans" |
| February 19, 2009 | Don McClain MD Ph.D. | "Preference for fatty acid oxidation and protection from obesity and glucose intolerance in a mouse model of hemochromatosis" |
| February 26, 2009 | Sabire Ozcan Ph.D. | "Role of O-Linked Glycosylation in Pancreatic Beta Cells" |
| March 5, 2009 | Charlie Murtaugh Ph.D. | Cancelled |
| March 12, 2009 | Betty Leibold Ph.D. | "Neurological and Metabolic Consequences of Iron Regulatory Protein 2 Deficiency" |
| March 19, 2009 | Spring Break | NO MIG |
| March 26, 2009 | Mitchell Lazar MD Ph.D. | "Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism" |
| April 2, 2009 | Zoltan Arany MD Ph.D. | "Regulation of Angiogenesis by the Transcriptional Coactivator PGC-1 alpha" |
| April 9, 2009 | Journal Club-Bharat Jaishy & Xiaoying Wu | "Role of Jhdm2a in regulating metabolic gene expression and obesity resistance" (Jaishy) "Switch-like Control of SREBP-2 Transport Triggered by Small Changes in ER Cholesterol: A Delicate Balance" (Wu) |
| April 16, 2009 | Jared Rutter Ph.D. | "PAS kinase: Connecting mTOR and lipid metabolism" |
| April 22, 2009 (Wed. 10:30-11:30) |
Sergio Lavandero, Ph.D. | "Role of Ca2+ on Insulin and IGF-1 signaling pathways in cardiac myocytes" |
| April 22, 2009 (Wed. 4-5pm) |
Paul Pilch Ph.D. | "Caveolae and adipocyte lipid metabolism" |
| April 30, 2009 | Carl Thummel Ph.D. | "Estrogen-Related Receptor Regulates Carbohydrate Metabolism in Drosophila" by Jason Tennessen |
| May 7, 2009 | Rob Lane MD | "Epigenetic: An Active Mechanism of Perinatal Adaption" |
| May 14, 2009 | Dennis Winge Ph.D. | "Protein metalation in the mitochondria: metal ion acquisition and availability" |
| May 21, 2009 | Vishwajeet Puri Ph.D. | "Cidea and FSP27: novel proteins associated with fat metabolism and insulin sensitivity in humans" |
| May 27, 2009 (Wed) | Michael Hall, Ph.D. | "mTOR signaling in adipocytes." |
| May 28, 2009 | Tianxin Yang M.D., Ph.D. | "New Faces of PPAR gamma in Regulation of Metabolism: Vascular and Renal Mechanisms" |
| June 4, 2009 | Jon Graff M.D. | "Harnessing the power of stem cells to cure obesity and diabetes" |
| June 11, 2009 | Seung Kim Ph.D. | "Using developmental biology to deconstruct and replace organs: the pancreas-diabetes paradigm" |
| June 18, 2009 | Li Wang Ph.D. | "SHP in mitochondria function" |
| June 25, 2009 | Dawn Belt Davis, M.D., Ph.D. | "OutFoxing the beta cell: understanding beta cell proliferation" |
| July 2, 2009 | BREAK | NO MIG |
| July 9, 2009 | David Symons, Ph.D. | "Does ceramide contribute to endothelial dysfunction?" |
| July 16, 2009 | Liza Makowski, Ph.D. | "Mitochondrial Metabolism Alters Muscle and Macrophage Biology" |
* Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit